SWEET RELIEF? Think of sugar and you likely think of the tasty treats to which they lend sweetness – candies and soda and ice cream – or the way that a spoonful of it helps the medicine go...
January 19, 2012
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The new U.S. Department of Education report “Advancing Civic Learning and Engagement in Democracy” recognizes UMBC’s Prove It! as a unique initiative at the forefront the higher ed’s emerging...
January 19, 2012
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Ellen Handler Spitz, honors college professor of visual arts, spent her winter break traveling to the Czech Republic, for research, and to India, where she gave the first annual alumni lecture to...
January 18, 2012
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At least eight Maryland candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives are running in congressional districts that do not include their own homes, the Baltimore Sun reports. Although federal...
January 18, 2012
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A number of Baltimore County public officials use Twitter, Owings Mills Patch noted. Rebecca Adelman, assistant professor of media and communication studies, predicts Twitter use among public...
January 18, 2012
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January 16 post on My Daily Journal Thing by Tanner Almon ’02, visual arts Tanner Almon ’02 has a lot on his plate, and everybody knows it. That’s because the visual arts alum runs multiple...
January 17, 2012
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PUZZLE PAIR When Marianne and Don Engel first met and started to date, they assembled a 1000 piece glow-in-the-dark neon jigsaw puzzle of the Eiffel Tower. Now almost three years later,...
January 13, 2012
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In response to Mitt Romney’s first Spanish-language ad, released this week, Salon has published “GOP’s Latino problem gets worse,” a new commentary by UMBC political science professor Thomas...
January 12, 2012
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Just in time to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, leaving 316,000 people dead and millions displaced, an alumni-directed documentary chronicling two...
January 12, 2012
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WYPR’s Sheilah Kast interviewed UMBC political science professor Roy Meyers today on “Maryland Morning,” discussing the Maryland state budget. The Maryland General Assembly convenes for their 2012...
January 11, 2012
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